Fire destroys Olympic Theatre in New Orleans
Brenham notes New Orleans Olympic Theatre gutted by fire. Boss Platz faces public charges over Republican party wrecking in New York. Congress to hear Texas harbor and life-safety funding estimates at 333000. Germany massing 4566 troops in Kiva Chan for dem and pressure. Reed and Hanna start lobbying for trusts.
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Olympic Theatre
New Orleans
Boss Platz
Republican Party
New York
Alaska Emigration Boom Outpaces Population Pressure
There is a vast emigration, accomplished and prospective, headed toward Alaska. The region is not danger of overcrowding, and Alaska is twice as large as Texas.
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Alaska
Texas
Imperial Household Staff In German Crown Palaces
A list shows 1,500 employees serving 22 royal palaces and castles for the German crown. The 350 female servants earn up to 12 dollars a month while over 500 male servants receive 15 to 25 dollars monthly.
Systematic charity expands in Chicago reports Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star notes Chicago has adopted systematic charity with district supervision and noted eight hundred volunteers screening aid applicants. Early findings show about half of last winter’s needy have left the city or no longer seek aid, with many former beggars now working. The investigations reflect national conditions and aim to direct true charity to those in genuine need.
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Chicago
Kansas City Star
Grand El Paso Dam Would Transform Rio Grande Valley
The proposed international dam across the Rio Grande three miles above El Paso would create a 22 000 acre reservoir for flood irrigation. Estimated cost is 2 500 000 including land purchase and relocating railroad tracks. Government surveys and maps exist and construction could begin next year. The project promises irrigation across a 45 mile stretch below El Paso transforming the valley into a fruit and crop hub.
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Rio Grande
el Paso
Washington
Friends of the Enterprise
Il Paso
Peddlers and Fakirs Stir Public Debate on Occupation Tax
The Hillsboro Herald denounces traveling beggars and street fakirs as parasitic threats to honest commerce. It condemns hawkers of jewelry and deceptive sales as robberies in progress, calling for support of local crafts and fairs over outside con artists who undermine home trade.
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Hillsboro Herald
Prussian Railway to Test Electric Locomotives Next Year
The Prussian railway minister plans to replace steam with electric power on the Berlin Potsdam route to test electric locomotives for general use. Engineers claim electricity will cut costs and speed up traffic on Germanys busiest line with many suburban stations. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is praised as the best cure for throat and lung troubles with testimonials from Edger W Whittemore and a Grand Rivers Ky Herald editor, and is sold at Lubers drug store.
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Herr von Thirlen
Berlin
Potsdam
Germany
Edger W. Whittemore
Grand Rivers Ky. Herald
E. Lubn’s
Theory Without Practice Plagues Southern Life
An exchange laments a widespread gap between beliefs and actions among Southerners. It notes belief in the credit system as harmful yet widespread debt, politics dominating conversation, and failure to support local enterprises, urging a shift from theory to practice to restore prosperity.
Tax Law Penalty for Late Payment Ends with Seizure Authority
The law requires a ten percent penalty on unpaid taxes after January following the county assessment, with proceeds shared by State and county. Tax collectors may seize and sell enough personal property to cover the tax, penalty, interest, and costs.
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Ty Lad
Touching Tribute and Reflections From Confederate Veterans
Judge Thomas Woods of Tennessee delivers a solemn Confederate Veterans speech invoking the afterlife, flags, and religious imagery. The column cites social comments on Paris sanitation rules and cautions about modern courtship aims and debt laden suitors.
Attempts to Introduce American Lobster Across Nations
Reports indicate attempts in multiple regions to introduce the American lobster to replace European varieties. Observers note the species shows resistance to diseases affecting native stocks, raising questions about ecological impact.
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Germany
Hartman Appeals for Silver as 1900 Voting Forecast
Representative Hartman of Montana disputes Republican claims the silver issue is dead. He cites Wolcott commission failure and predicts 2,500,000 free silver Republican votes, 1,500,000 Populist votes, and 4,500,000 Democratic votes for the Bryan-aligned nominee in 1900.
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Representative Hartman
Montana
Wolcott Commission
McKinley
Hartman
Bryan
A Dreadful Object Lesson on Postage Stamps
A Minneapolis Representative editorial condemns direct issue of postage stamps to the people. It argues that $75,000,000 in annual stamp sales should not be handled without bankers profits and declares the system a harmful object lesson pushing government to rely on bankers.
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Minneapolis
Professor forms museum of student composition at Michigan
A University of Michigan professor begins a collection called a museum of student composition. He will gather specimen exercises written at intervals by children in schools across several countries to map growth in expression and determine a normal development law for assessing individual pupils.
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University of Michigan
Politicians swarm Houston amid claims of self interest
Iris notes politicians appear numerous in Houston, likening them to swarming bees around a sugar barrel in midsummer. She argues their mission is to serve the best interests of the people while pursuing their own interests.
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Iris
Houston
Through Train Schedule Changes on Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
A new timetable will take effect Sunday December 12 shortening the California express time. Train No 8 will now leave Brenham at 10 44 p m instead of 11 14 p m with connections at Newton Kansas City and St Louis unchanged on other routes. The through train remains limited to the same schedule along the line.
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Newton
Kan
St. Louis
Kansas City
Brenham
Browns Troll Bitters Patented Medicine Claim
The herbal remedy Browns Troll Bitters is extolled as a universal health tonic claimed to benefit men women and children. R E Lahn is listed as the sole agent selling the product in the piece.
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R. E. Lahn
Vorwaerts Singing Club Elects Officers and Plans Concerts
The Vorwaerts Singing Club reports 22 active members with weekly meetings at Germania hall on Thursday evenings. Officers elected at the last meeting include Wm. Suter as president H. Dornberger vice president B. Schmid treasurer and H. C. Von Struwe secretary. The group aims to be ready for public concerts soon. A Tennessee Indy Mrs J W Towle of Philadelphia Tenn praises Chamberlain s Cough Remedy for preventing croup in her baby and notes it has helped hundreds of mothers. sold by K E Lubn.
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Thos. Woods
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Beulah
Pearl
Iin
Moses
Lamb
Germania Hall
Wm. Suter
H. Dornberger
B. Schmid
H. C. von Struwe
Tennessee Indy
J. W. Towle
Philadelphia, Tenn
Chamberlain
Croup
K. E. Lubn
Fresh cod fish mackerel and herring at I Nowakowsky Co
Local fish dealer I Nowakowsky and Co offers fresh cod, mackerel, and herring. The display highlights daily catches and prices for seafood lovers.
Little Banners and Witty Observations
A collection of brief witticisms on marriage money and politics. Observations touch on frost dew poets weather dogs coal dealers and a father of triplets noting human folly and costs in light humor. Each line offers a compact sly quip.
Multiple Texans In Court Politics And Crime News
Judge Hart seeks rehearing in Burt case while Blake denies gubernatorial bid. Trammel arrested in LaGrange for arson in Erath county. Bell county sheriff Sam Sparks dies at 51. Ellis farmers urge price cuts. Mood murdered near Willis. Smithville fire destroys three frames. Fort Worth reports another large cattle deal. Georgetown Signal accepts pecans for subscriptions. Woman robbed of 2590 in diamonds at Denise. Fort Worth to host Masons Widows and Orphans home. Grants flow into Fort Bend from North Texas. Cameron Baptist church building fire. American Brewing Company opens cold storage in Bellville. Penitentiary sales yield 370000 in November with 800 expenditures. Eli Frankfort shot dead in West Wayne last Thursday. killer fled.
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J. M. Hart
Eugene Burt
Blake
J. D. Trammel
Erath County
LaGrange
Sterling Price
Dallas
Sam R. Sparks
Bell County
Nea Belton
Ellis County
Fort Worth
Georgetown
Denise
Masonic Widows” and
North Texas
Fort Bend
Cameron
American Brewing Grpany
Houston
Bellville
Petition for Compulsory Marriages Sparks Cabinet Proposal
Mrs. Charlotte Smith urges the President and Congress to create a matrimonial bureau within the cabinet system. Her memorial cites a 60 percent marriage rate in New York and surrounding areas and calls for legislative settlement of the issue. She notes no current recommendations in the President's message or departmental reports.
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Congress
Charlotte Smith
Sar Antonio Express
United States
Mrs. Smith
New ‘York
Isetts
Leginasia
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Mark Hanna
Sanitary Police
Paris
Ruth Ashmore
Ladies Home Journal
Gatesville
Vorwaerts Singing Club
Seine of Cardus
Lotisa Bale
Jefferson, Ga
State News
Henry Mood
Willis
Smithville
Eli Frankfort
West Wae
Suffolk
Herald
Postoffice Department
Japan
Hawaii
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